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Topic Review (Newest First)

10-27-2016 05:24 PM

R2D2

This is awesome!

I have been reading a lot, trying to document myself in order to try and create one of this wonders.

I have never done it and I know that it's not a simple task.

Can you give me some more updates?

01-28-2013 04:00 AM

Rbp917

Any updates?

09-05-2012 11:01 PM

styxx

I can tell you right now those Amanos are going to get straight to work! lol. And you're going to love that Val. Nana...I almost went with Cyperus Helferi but changed my mind at the last minute and it was a great decision.

09-05-2012 07:49 PM

monkeyruler90

So pretty! I like that you can see right through the tank

09-05-2012 04:00 AM

orchidman

nice addition!

09-05-2012 03:14 AM

trenton

So my male GBR has been clenching his tail... don't know what the reason is, so I checked my levels and I had an ammonia and nitrite spike! I found a dead shrimp in the lily pipe suction yesterday and didn't really think anything of it. I just removed it.

Did a PWC, so hopefully things will change with him. All the other fish became more active after the change, so i think this is a good sign.

Anybody else have dark coloured amanos? Do you know what the cause is. I happened to catch this although I haven't really seen them at all since adding them/the GBRs.

looks great!! i love your fish choices! GBR's are a favorite of mine, so are Rummy noses! the scape is awesome too!

08-31-2012 09:33 PM

styxx

They're just shy because of the openness of the tank but they'll get used to is. Nice to see the shrimp are adjusting well. If they're molting that generally is a good sign that they're growing.

08-31-2012 05:45 PM

trenton

Tank maintenance day yesterday! Going to be gone for three days this weekend so I wanted the tank clean before we went. The tubing was pretty gross. Some of the algae stained the tubing. Does anybody else have this problem?

Current FTS:

Our new rams. I thought that I got a male and a female. Can anybody tell from these pictures? The female has a noticeable pink area on her belly (second picture), a bit rounder of a head and is slightly smaller than the male. A lot of the other things are common between the two. Since yesterday though the male has been hiding between the two main rocks while what I think is the female acts the same. Is this normal?

Shrimps coloured up a lot and I think all of them have molted!

Cheers,
-T

08-31-2012 05:27 PM

trenton

Current Tank Stats

Fauna:

2 x GBR (I think they are male/female. Still unsure)

12 x Rummy Nose Tetra

3 x Oto

3 x RCS (Not sure if all three are alive still)

3 x Amano Shrimp (Haven’t seen them since adding them.)

Flora:

HC

Lilaoepsis Brasiliensis

Juncus Repens

Cyperus Helferi

Rotala Indica

Crytpcoryne Becketti 'Petchii'

Echinodorus 'Red Flame'

Anubias barteri var. Nana (Not planted yet)

Lighting:

Weekdays – 6:45 to 7:15am and 4:20 to 11:30pm

Weekends – 4:20 to 11:30pm

CO2:

Approximately 2 to 3 BPS – 4 to 11pm

Feeding:
Usually twice a day, fasting one day a week. Feeding frozen food every couple of days (A quarter of a block is plenty!)